Daily prediction of marine beach water quality in Hong Kong

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-180

  Thoe, W ^a   Wong, S H C ^b   Choi, K W ^a   Lee, J H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Daily prediction; Data driven model; Marine beach water quality; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BEACHES; CATCHMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER QUALITY; WIND;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; MARINE BEACHES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; STATISTICAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY VARIATIONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863501119     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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